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WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1946 – June 2, 1968
Service recordWillie Lorenzo Morgan JR, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 15
- JACK ELLSWORTH MUISENERSergeant Major · June 2, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- STEVEN IRA OLNEYCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JESSIE GERALD POESergeant · June 2, 1968
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.